Anita Porter

Anita Porter

🌍 Yorkshire, England, U.K.
🌍 Remotely / online
🗣️English

💡Career, retirement & health coaching

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I have a wide range of general practice experience spanning over 30 years, both in London and West Yorkshire.

In 2022, I completed the Transformational Coaching Diploma for Doctors and began working with GPMplus as a mentor, primarily supporting doctors on the Fellowship Scheme. I have truly loved helping newly qualified GPs navigate the early stages of their careers – building confidence, gaining clarity, and identifying the path that feels right for them.
Active listening is central to my work as a coach and mentor, and I believe that being heard without interruption is both rare and deeply valuable. Having protected time for mentoring or coaching offers people – at any stage of life or career – a meaningful space to pause, reflect, think and develop new ideas. It is, in many ways, an opportunity to grow.
My own coaching journey has been transformative, and it continues to shape both my personal and professional life.

I am married to a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, and we have two adult children who are both junior doctors. Through these experiences, I have a genuine understanding of how a career in medicine shapes work-life balance at every stage-from the excitement and pressure of starting out to the reflections that come as retirement approaches, all while balancing the demands of family life. I also bring insight into a range of cultural backgrounds, which helps me connect with and support people from diverse experiences.